Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2017, 7:52 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2017, 7:52 PM MDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2017, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1044 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted.
376
WFUS55 KPUB 270152
TORPUB
COC041-270215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.170527T0152Z-170527T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
752 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 815 PM MDT
* At 752 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Calhan, or 33 miles east of Colorado Springs,
moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern El Paso County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 10406 3893 10431 3906 10436 3913 10412
3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 247DEG 16KT 3900 10423
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
kamThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| May 26, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| May 26, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| May 26, 8:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 21 min |
| May 27, 12:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| May 27, 1:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 39 min |
| May 27, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 33 min |
| May 27, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 44 min |
| May 27, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 42 min |
| May 27, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| May 27, 3:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 39 min |
| May 27, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| May 27, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 52 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.